So what does Minfilia do anyway? [Main Quest Spoilers]

[Rannie]

Not to mention she was one of the focal points for 1.0's story line for Ul'dah. She was once called Ascilia and her Father Warburton was killed about 15 years ago. Right around the time Thancred first showed up in the city. Her father ended up getting killed saving her from a rampaging gobbue a thaumaturge lost control of due to the leader Nef something if memory is correct he was a leader or worked with the alchemist guild. Also she was one of the first to receive the echo during the TRUE meteor shower, the one we see aways when Hydaelyn speaks to us.

Btw her father was pretty much a spy for Ul'dah and reporting about the Garleans invasion of Ala Mhigo when he was killed that day.


Edit: you're very welcome. I figured it would be good to add. I did play the U'ldah story line in 1.0 it gave me a burning hatred for Thancred taking all the credit but he's better now

[Duelle]

She was once called Ascilia and her Father Warburton was killed about 15 years ago.

See, this makes me feel like ether I wasn't really paying attention or the Echo's role in 1.0 was so disjointed from the story that it just gave the wrong impression of events. I thought the mess with Warburton was playing out in the present and I was seeing bits and pieces of what was happening while I was doing a trillion leves to level in between story missions (like how Thancred and I enter the city for the first time as per the cutscene and after I grind out a couple of levels I hear from Momodi that he had been exiled from Ul'dah -- which through the Echo is implied happened after his encounter with Niellefresne and the other heirs).